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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-28

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
\. NJ. Graham against Elizabeth Jones Ell al
Partition.
by virtue Of an order Of sale made In the
- above stated case, will offer for sale al
public outcry ut Abbevllle c. H., s.. c., on
Saleday In January, 1888, within the legal
hours of sale, the following described proper
ty, situate in said State and County, TO wit:
All that tract or parcel of land containing
One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Acres,
more or less. bounded by lands Of j. VI. Gra.
ham, James f. Smith and others.
TERMS OF SALE-One half cash, balance
payable on or before the first day of Novem-
ber, 1885, with interest from day of sale, Sc
cured by bond of purchaser and n mortgage
of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. G. KLUGH, Master.
Dec. 10, 1887, 81
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-28

we are prepared to fill all orders for bridal
outfits on short notice, r. II. Haddon Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-12-28

Ifyou want a bargain In Gun, Shells, Pow.
der, Shot, &C.. call on j. F. MILLER, Agent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07

and stayed there, undriled and uncalled for.
particularly was this the case in some OF the
eastern states, and to many it didn't look
JUST eNactly right to include these ALREADY
Wen PAID men in the benefits of the measure.
respectfully as it don't help that consid-
cradle class Of patriots who served out
tneif 'ihle III one or more regiments from
1901 TO 1856. Many of these men served
out tue original three monts term, then, re-
ehiisung' went through three years, became
Veterns, anu in Hancock's corps and other
service remained active soldiers TO the finish.
Nothing has ever been done to reward these
men III the shape of, not penslons-for
pensions belong to the disabled-but bounty
II Is True the soldiers homestead act TOOK them
In with all Others and that had too many re-
quirements TO be available to all; but While
Dig pensions have been paid under the arrears
act 10 those claiming disability, nothing has
peen onered to those having no such honest
claim. we copy from number of
AMI all evidently willing to do the fair
thing by the deserving, extracts to show their
opposition TO the dependent bill, and there is
great deal or force in what they say. But
whlle some or the more radical pitch into Mr..
cleveland Tor his veto they seem to forget
that when Gen. Grant was president, he We
toed the equalization of bounty bill-cut it
right out OF the bill increasing his own salary
and that In face of the fact that it was one
OF the campaign promises of his party. The
bill, If ii had beceme law, would have had u
tendency to settle the whole business by plac
ing those who enlisted in the early eart of the
war without thought or expectation OF bounty,
on footing with others who got large boun-
tics to 60 after it began to be developed that
nghtlnS was not play, but serious matter,
where men were killed or crippled for life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07

not detract from the mans standing before
the people. The people are impartial
judges, and always render Judgment ac-
cording to the merits of the case and dispose
OF honors according to the deserts of the
man. The GLOBE differed with Mr.. DON
NELLY on many of the measures he advo-
Gated, and has had frequent occasion to
criticise his public actions. That does not
prevent us from recognizing Mr.. Don
NELLY's superior intellectual worth. Nor,
simply because we differ with a man on
public questions, are we justified in at
tempting to strike him down, or even to
misestimate his influence and standing
with the public. There is well-settled
popular conviction that on the issues over
which the legislature quarreled with Mrs.
DoNNELIY he was nearer right than the
legislature. Then. so far as those particu-
lar questions are concerned, Mr.. Don
NELLY's martyrdom will eXalt him in pop
ular favor. He is really bigger man
to-day in the estimation of the people of
Minnesota than he was before the legisla-
ture convened. And the people who have
been growing over DoNNELLY's downfall
have really crowed before they got out of
the woods. The impression i'm certain
quarters that DoNNELI.Y is political corpse
is an unwarranted deusion. He has vital
ity enough TO be lively factor in the future
politics of the state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
MORE LIGHT.

If there is one thing more than another
which this city wants in the night time it is
more light. The badly lighted streets are
reproach to the city. Last Friday night
at all early hour in the evening man was
run over at the crossing of Fourth and
Cedar streets. his leg was horribly mangled
and the mans life is despared of. And
yet, while this occurred at an intersection
of two OF the most public streets. and that,
too, at an hour of the night when people
are still Oh the streets, nobody knows how
the accident happened or who or what ran
over him. And all because of the darkness
which prevails at that corner. This is one
of many instances which might be cited
showing the dangers which people are SUBJ
jected to because of q lack of street lamps.
There should be a better system of street
lighting and more electric lights should be
used. One electric mast of proper heighth
is worth a hundred gas lamps
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
GRASS WIDOWS.
70 the Editor of the Globe.

70 the Editor Of the Globe.
Will you please Inform me the origin and
meaning of the phrase, grass widow
Minneapolis, March 5. A SUBSCRIBER.
A grass widow is a widow by brevet.
She is sometimes described as NEEDLESS
widow, who exhibits none of the outward
signs of deSolation which the heart feels.
She is a married woman without husband.
or at least for whom the husband is what
PAUL said of faith, 1.-THE substance of
things hoped for and the evidence of things
not Seen." The dictionaries define grass
widow to be a woman who has been es-
tranged from her husband or has been
abandoned by him. 1t is difficult to give
the origin of the phrase, as there is such
difference of opinion among competent au-
thorities. We know that it comes from two
good old Saxon words, graS and wdna, the
former meaning ito devour." and the latter
.'spouseess." The Greek word ''graseia''
corresponds with the Saxon ''gras, . and
signifies Ito gnaw,' from which we are led
to infer that grass widow in ancient times
was supposed to possess dangerous quail
ties. She probably went about as
a roaring lion, seeking whom she
LllSil ueFOul. Die Is all entirely
different type of womankind in this age
thanks to the progress Of civilizaton-and
is now more apt to be devoured than to de.
your. There are others who hold to the
opinion that the phrase dates back to a
more ancient origin than our Saxon ances-
try. They hold that it originated in the
primitive ages of the human race, when
pastoral pursuits constituted the worlds
sole industry Men held very light views
respecting the marital relations in those
days and brevet widows were numerous
1t is asserted they herded together in fl0cks
like the sheep on the plains and subsisied
as best they could on fruits and heritage
hence they came to be spoken of as grass
widows" In the absence OF any positive
evidence as to the correctness of these two
theories of the origin OF the phrase. we
leave our correspondent to pay his money
and take his choice" but in spirit of pure
kindness we remind him that Mr.. WEI
LER's cautionary advice TO his son SAMUEL
included all sorts of widows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
IN THE Old ALBUM.
RecOllectiOns Revived by Turning
over the Old Pictures.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Do you ever open the old album and look
over the pictures? Well, the old folks
your father and mother-always look well,
for, don't you know, parents are always
old-fashioned. But there's your aunt, with
a coal-scuttle bonnet and hoops, and her
hair pasted down over her forehead and
parted i'll the middle, with kind of jaun-
dice complexion and bright eyes that show
in their pupils nothing but the excited. in
tense Interest of trying to look into the
camera for fifty seconds without winking
And you thought she was so pretty
then, and you remember as a child
when you went and told your mother you
saw her being kissed by her beau at the gar
den gate. Then there's her beau, who aft
erwards married he. He was so handsome,
don't you know. Look at him. He wears
a long frock coat with lapels that curl up
under his arms; he has flaming necktie
and shirt front showing down to where
the coat looks as if it were tied by string
tight around his waist. His trousers dom.
fit, and his face is all covered with yellow
specks, and he looks as if he had swallowed
a fly and it was in dying agonies in his
wlndplpe. while he daren't cough for fear
OF spolllng the picture. Then there's your
self. Well, that's not so bad. You know
you were pretty as child, and you re-
member the dress. nd-well-you're not
quite so old-fashioned-to yourself-as
the others. And you turn the page.
There's Fred, whom you Tilted. You
look at him and you're glad yon Tilted
him. He used to be so beautifully pensive.
Now ne looks like an idiot, and-well-you
doubt II ne ever could have been so horriu.
anyway. Then your husband comes along
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
Too Much for the Judge.

Augusta CnrOnlcle.
L have just heard the following good
story on Chief Justice Bleckley. Nobody
appreciates good thing more than Judge
Bleckley, and, as he told this story on HIM
self, know he will not be offended at its
publication. All who know Judge Block
ley. and recall his long, waving hair and
beard. will appreciate the story. Judge
Buckley was on his way to the supreme
court one morning. when he was accosted
by little street gamin. with an exceed
ingly dirty face, with the customary "Shine,
Sir?"
He was quite importunate, and the Judge
being impressed with the oppressive untidi-
ness of the boys face, said: 81 don't want
shine. but if you will 90 wash your face
I'll give you a dime.'
IAN right, sir"
well, let me see you do it."
The boy went over to an artesian hydrant
and made his ablution. Returning, he held
out his hand for the dime.
The judge said: well. sir, you've
earned your money; here it is"
The boy said: II don't want your
money, old fellow; you take it and have
your hair cut" saying which he scampered
off. The Judge thought it so good story
that he told it on himself.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
SOME DAMAGE REPORTED
To Winter Wheat, isut II is Doing
Better Than lust Year

CHICAGO. March 6.-The Farmers Re-
view will publish the following crop sum-
mary tomorrow: Thus far the reports
from the winter wheat belt indicate that the
crop is emerging from the winter in better
shape than last year. The crop is not as
sured from the resulting damage OF storms
and bad weather, and still has to pass
through critical period, but, as whole,
the outlook must be regarded as more favor
able than at the beginning of March of last
year. The extremely mild weather
of the opening days of last
week, followed by the cold
weather. caused some injury in Illinois
and Indiana. and in Laporte and Randolph
counties of Indiana considerable wheat was
frozen and killed. Twenty-three Illinois
counties this week report the wheat as look
ing well, while in Brown, Johnson and
White counties injury is reported Thir-
teen counties in Indiana make very favor
able returns
In Michigan and Wisconsin the outlook
is reported as very favorable. Nearly all
the Wisconsin fields have had an ample
snow covering since last November. The
weather has been unfavOrable in Ohio and
some injury is reported in Champaign. Sen
eca and Van Vert counties, but all the
other counties reporting made favorable re-
turns The season is well advanced in
Missouri and spring blowing has COM
menced.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07

ana turns the book over and saws: ''Do you
remember that?" You close it on his fin
gers; Its fearful. You have an Old-fash-
iohed, shapeless, black silk gown that looks
IKE ginghan, or something with wide
sleeves and big ruff1es and the skirt is
gracefully punched out like half exhausted
pa!ioon. AND you've had the picture
painted. and the beautiful red of your
cheeks has become notified. and the neck Is
yellow and the hair is a dirty brown color,
and you've got hold most awkwardly of
green chair. And your husband wonders
what he ever could see in you until you
show him his own picture. Then he shuts
up suddenly like knife don't you know.
ANA the Old gray-headed man comes and
takes up the book. He has lost the taste for
1ashions aud for styles and only the faces
speak to him, He thinks, as he looks at
TINS FADED and yellow portrait-it is his
wire when they were both thirty years
younger ana photographs were not so COM
moii-she Is for moment young again and
he remembers how he stood in the corner
ana watched her as the picture was taken.
AFRAID 10 breathe until the cap was put on,
in case some movement of his lips might
Dreak the spell and brighten away the sun
light. But he has another picture older
than the paper photograph. 1t is a daguer-
reotype. He keeps it to himself 1t cost
him dear. IL is of young girl in the first
blush OF womanhOod. and all the modern
cameras i'll the world, with all the most
patent improvements and all the most EN-
belllshee effects, can never make so beali-
tlful picture for him. Well, well. God
bless the old folks. They're trife cranky,
but there's an awfully kindly method in
their crankineSs.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
Pouring Eea in Tulle.


In summing up the season, the young
people Of Washington complain that there
has been less dancing than usual and a
dearth of evening parties. This last COM
plant probably accounts for the absurd
way in which these girls have taken to
wearing their low-necked ball dresses when
they have been asked to pour tea or assist
at afternoon receptions. The young men,
while making the same complaint,
have not been reduced to wearing
their swallowtail coats in the daytime to
make sure of showing them off, This low
neck by daylight has been one of the fea-
lures much remarked upon during the
season. The foreigners and the respecters
OF the conventional proprieties cannot get
over the fact, and one envoy, being asked If
he knew a certain pretty girl said:
''Oh, yes she is one who wears the ball
dress in the afternoon, pourS tea in tulle."
The reckleSsness with which these girls
have poured tea in tulle has been amazing,
considering the pretences that they make at
the same time of knowing just what is the
correct thing to do in every case Some
proper hoStesseS have suffered in spirit to
see their assistants come dressed out of
keeping for the occasion, but have suffered
more in seeing the looks and overhearing
some of the remarks of callers Ithas been
fashion, as well, this winter. for these
assistants to offer their services, and
one officials wife was approached at an
afternoon reception by young girl in the
usual ball dress and asked:
''Don'tyou want me to come and assist
you tomorrow. | should be so happy to
pour tea for you
Yes, my dear. you may come if you
WISH" said the woman of the place. but
you must not come dressed like this.
Haven't you any pretty house dresses that
are suitable for an afternoon AFFAIR.""
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
M RS. BECK DEAD.
She Expires in Washington After a
Brief Illness.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Mrs. Jane
Washington Thornton Beck, wife of Sena-
tor Beck, of Kentucky, died at her resi-
dence i'll this city this evening of inf1amma-
ton of the bowels. Mrs. Beck had been
feeling as we'll as usual this winter, and her
first symptoms were the result of cold con-
tracted while out riding in an open car
rage Friday. Nothing serious was
apprehended until this morning,
when Drs. Wales and Busey, the
physicians III attendance informed the
family that they could offer no hope of her
recovery. Senator Beck and Mrs. Goodloe,
Mrs. Beck's daughter. were at her bed
side in her last moments. Her only other
child, grown son, is in Wyoming. The
remains will be taken to Lexington KY,
for interment. Mrs. Beck was born in
Auburn, Va, Oct. 9, 1925. and was the
grand-niece and nearest living descendant
of George Washington. She married
Senator Beck in Lexington, Feb. 5, 1s4s.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07

it. Logan was the maddest man had ever
seen. When he finally got to sleep he was
so restless that was practically
pitched out of the ambulance and had to
take refuge underneath it. The next dav
the needless but bloody battle of Resaca
took place. Johnston interposed once more
between Sherman and Atlanta; the hun
dred days campaign to that place was rem
dered necessary. and Mcpherson paid for
his temerity with his life III sight of the
promised point of the campaign. Gen.
Sherman in his memoirs crticises McPher-
son for his too great caution. | have often
wondered what change in the war the
successful attack proposed by Logan would
have wrought"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
Logan's UNDECIDED Sug gestion.
Washington Letter.


In all the obituary notices of Gen. Logan
have never found any referring to one of
the most remarkable military achievements
of his life. as related by a writer in the
Sunday Herald of this city. Logan had
the advance of McPherson's corps in the
turning OF Joe Johnston's position AZ
Dalton, Ga, just at the opening of the
Atlanta campaign. He penetrated I'M
observed and unopposed to the
north side of the Chattahoochee river at
Resaca, where 800 dismounted Confeder.
ate cavalry held a fort guarding q bridge
over the river on the only road by which
Johnston could retreat to Atlanta. Logan
begged Mcpherson to let him ford the
river scale the fort and burn the bridge or
hold it, thus getting completely in
the rear of Johnston. Mcpherson hest
tated; Logan begged. Mcpherson smoke
of the danger; Logan insisted on the
practicablity of the movement. Nc
Pherson spoke of the inevitable slaughter
in the fording of the stream; Logan des-
canted on the Importance of the capture of
the fort and the bridge and offered to lead
one OF his brigades in person. McPher-
son, overcautious, retreated during the
night and the opportunity of driving John
stOn from his base was lost. The writer
says: That night l slept with Logan in
an ambulance-that is. l slept part of the
night in the ambulance, the rest of it under
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
IeNATIUs DoNNELLY.

People who are under the impression that
lGNATIUs DoNNELLY has been eternally
squelched by the late legislature know
nothing of the elastic qualities of that gen.
tleman. 1t is not an uncommon thing for
Mr.. DoNNELLY to be turned down, but
he is not man to be kept under His
genius Is light which cannot be hid under
bushel. That he is cratic and lacks
ballast is admitted by his best friends. That
he often permits his impulses to run away
with his Judgment has had too frequent
demonstration to be doubted. And that he
too frequently assumes dictatorial bearing
where more modest pretensions would suit
the occasion better, is Iamentably true.
Yet. Notwithstanding all these defects, the
man who questions Mr.. DoNNEILY's pre-
eminent abilities writes himself down
fool. The people of Minnesota recognize
in IGNATIUs DoNNELIY the brainiest man
of the state, and the people are always sure
to pay tribute to intellectual worth. The
simple fact that legislature wasted
whole session in attempting to bury
a man, simply because he C,towered
head and Shoulders above his col
leagues in intellectual strength, ds es
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
Chased Ry Lions.
Chico (Cal.) Chronicle.

CHICO (Cal.) Chronicle.
The recent storm has driven deer and
other animals down from the mountains,
and parties of hunters are daily out in pur-
suit of the deer. A party of three who
went out from the Yellow Jacket Mills, in
Tehama county, Monday, met with an adj
venture they had not bargained for. They
had found the trail of the deer, and were
following eagerly, while they in turn
were being followed by gang of mountain
lions numbering six or seven. Discovering
this the boys made up their minds to beat
retreat, and, when they took the back track
the lions circled around to the rear, manag-
ing to keep out of the range of their rifles
but when opportunity offered would steal
up to within rod or two of the party.
They kept up their bloodthirsty chase UNI
til they wereless than a mile from the mill.
when they beat final retreat. 1t was only
the fact that the party of hunters numbered
more than one, and that they kept shooting
at the brutes that saved them from all at
tack and death. They will hardly 90 so
far away from the mill on another hunt
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
The Latest ArisrOcratIc ldiOcy.

In the matter of clothes no perfect dandy
OF either sex will now protect himself with
an umbrella. 1t has been discovered that
by apparent reckleSness of destruction
distinction can be gained over the herd of
stylishly-dressed people. The young man
about town goes out into the rain wearing
cape-overcoat. but with his silk hat I'M
covered to the storm. In his case the cost
is really not excessive, for he has only to
keep two hats-one to wear while the other
is being blocked. and replenish his top coats
often. But his sister INDUCES in the same
whim at far greater expense. She protects
herself with an enveIoping cloak it is true,
but she exposes her millinery to ruinous
wetting and presents placidly serene face
under dripping plumes and sagging ribbons.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-07
INCENDfAKY AS USUAL.
Chicago Socialists Talk Chilly of
Carving Arms.


CHICAGO, March 6.-There was large
meeting of socialists at West Twelfth
Street Turner hall this afternoon to discuss
measure pending in the Illinois legislature
known as EMerit's bill. to punish the
authors of infiammatory and incendiary
speeches or writings. After an address by
a newspaper man named Buchanan, de-
nouncing capitalists, the press and the
military, resolution was adopted protest
ing against the bill. Then some very
radical speeches were delivered in
English, German and Bohemian. Editor
Curtin, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, advised
his hearers to procure arms and carry them.
Holmes and the English chairman declared
the socialists had right to preach treason
and overthrow society and the constituted
authorities Sooner than see the bill pass
he would take arms in hand and preach
revolution. He was against the bill as an
American citizen. as a socialist and as an
anarchist. If necessary they should all
become determined rebels and preach DOWN
right revolution. Curtin and Holmes were
wildly cheered by the crowd, which in
Guided a number of women.